182. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the ongoing investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from payments made by his Department for school transport services and the claim that the service is provided on a purely cost recovery basis; if he will report on the way this money has been spent since 1 January 1975, considering Ireland's obligations under state aid rules since then, the implications for both his Department and Bus Éireann under the Financial Transparency Regulations 2004, as amended, and noting that the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform told the Committee of Public Accounts on 3 October 2013 that the Secretary General would investigate the Department's failure to provide information to the committee, and in view of the fact that as Accounting Officer of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Secretary General, has overall responsibility for monitoring public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/14]

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182. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the ongoing investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from payments made by his Department for school transport services and the claim that the service is provided on a purely cost recovery basis; if he will report on the way this money has been spent since 1 January 1975, considering Ireland's obligations under state aid rules since then, the implications for both his Department and Bus Éireann under the Financial Transparency Regulations 2004, as amended, and noting that the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform told the Committee of Public Accounts on 3 October 2013 that the Secretary General would investigate the Department's failure to provide information to the committee, and in view of the fact that as Accounting Officer of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Secretary General, has overall responsibility for monitoring public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/14]

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